English:Machahir123 - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has appealed directly to President Barack Obama to halt what the Libyan leader called "an unjust war," and wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.

U.S. official says Gaddafi sent letter appealing to Barack Obama to halt NATO bombing campaign in Libya .Washington replied to Gaddafi message saying that it's actions,not words,are more important

English :Machahir123 - Libya's opposition groups are making plans to load a tanker believed to have now docked at a terminal near Tobruk.

It comes as Nato air strikes were reported against pro-Gaddafi forces and rebels gathered near the town of Brega.

Libya's government has remained defiant, with an envoy who is visiting Europe insisting that Col Muammar Gaddafi will not step down.

Meanwhile Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Col Gaddafi, has told the BBC that Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa did not betray Libya by leaving for the UK.

He told the BBC's world affairs editor John Simpson that Mr Koussa had travelled to Britain for health reasons and was being pressured into making allegations about Libya's government in an effort to secure immunity from prosecution.

English:Machahir123 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has sent a message to U.S. President Barack Obama "following the withdrawal of America from the crusader colonial alliance against Libya," Libya&apos;s official news agency JANA said on Wednesday.

It gave no further details.

The United States played the lead role in coordinating and executing air strikes when military action was first mandated by the United Nations on March 17 against Gaddafi forces attacking civilians.

On March 31 NATO assumed full command of military operations over Libya from the United States, Britain and France.